Thanksgiving 2024 With Family And FriendsThings Change And That's OK
Page Created: 11/01/2024 Page Last Updated: 11/29/2024 11:06
As families grow up, the kids and kids and those families must create their own traditions. In our case that means the kids head for the desert and we stay home (generally). We applaud their desire to go forth and establish their family traditions.
Memories
As I sit back at the ripe old age of 80 (minus three weeks) and put on my memory cap I think of the happiest of Thanksgivings and that would be in the early 1950s when my family would make the trip to Paramount California and have Thanksgiving with Aunt Opal, Aunt Edit, and Aunt Alma (and their spouces).
We would go to the little house which was maybe 600 square feet and the ladies would go inside and prepared a meal fit for a king. The men (me included) would sit outside under the trees and listen to the football game (we could not afford a TV in those days). BTW, we sat outside because with four women inside the house, there was no room!
The front yard was still a victory garden from WWII and I remember going out and picking string beans and tomatoes with my cousin Kat who was ten years older than me.
Across Los Angeles County, thousands of residents grew their own produce during World War II, joining a nationwide effort.
While the game was going on, my job was crank turner! Huh, you say? The Ice Cream maker was THE most important person at the festivities; without me, there would be no ice cream and that is NOT Thanksgiving!!
"But Dad, its hard to turn!!"
When dinner was served, mountains of food came pouring out of that little house; it was a virtual avalanche to delectable dishes; my aunts were all excellent cooks. When it came to pies, we had chocolate, lemon merange, apple and quite often peach flavors.
Then we said Grace and a heck brole loose!! If you reached across the table one could loose a limb easily. Plates were passed at a rate approaching that of a gattling gun and, I might add, not a drop was spilt.
Those were my definition of "HAPPY DAYS".
You Is Invited To The Thanksgiving!!
- Robin & Bob & Nick
- Sydney & Harold (Dad)
- Irene Kosmetatos
- Greg Leach
- Us (Paul & Mary)
- Connor Lind
- Dianne Reidy & Fast Eddie (After Dinner)
